Elementary students at Concordia recently returned from a weeklong adventure exploring literacy and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) with Page Turner Adventures, the artists in residence at this year’s Elementary School Book Week. Equipped with special “storyologist passports,” students joined Riley Roam and her slapstick sidekick, Kenny Mikey, for an unbelievable week of story theatre productions, literacy workshops, and other exciting events. Highlights from Book Week included the Great Pizza Contest, the STEAM Trunk Circus Show and an all school read-in. Students ended this whirlwind tour with a Parade of Books, where they dressed as their favorite story characters at were sworn in as official storyologists—experts in the art of writing, reading, imagining, exploring, and creating stories.
Page Turner Adventures is a series of Emmy Award-winning productions that have wowed countless children at theaters and festivals all over the United States. Their antics and one-of-a-kind style of “total engagement” educational entertainment are always a hit with audiences. The team’s video series, This Is ONLY a Test! received an iParenting Media Award and is shown in schools across the country. Other Page Turner productions have aired on FOX Kids, PBS, The Travel Channel and at Scholastic Book Fairs throughout the United States and Canada.
